AI Engineer

ONEOK•Tulsa, OK

41d•$92,000 - $138,000•Onsite

About The Position

ONEOK is seeking an AI Engineer to design, build, and operate AI systems that Operations relies on. This role is responsible for technically demanding work, including advanced algorithms, production agents, and shared frameworks, and will deliver reusable infrastructure to enhance team efficiency. The AI Engineer will also develop custom user interfaces for operations workflows and mentor other team members in AI engineering practices.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Management Information Systems, Computer Sciences, Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or other related field with specific job-related experience.
Minimum 5 years of software engineering experience, including demonstrated production ownership of AI or ML systems.
Extensive experience with LLM-based systems, including agent frameworks, tool use, evaluations, prompt engineering, and retrieval.
Strong Python engineering skills.
Familiarity in at least one of optimization, forecasting, or computer vision.
Experience designing APIs, SDKs, or frameworks consumed by other engineers.
Proven track record operating systems in production, including monitoring, incident response, and cost management.
Skills in relational database design including table structures, indexes and primary/foreign key fields.
Skills in use and function of office equipment including computers and applicable software.
Skills in interacting, advising and communicating effectively.
Skills in developing solutions to complicated issues using abstract thinking in new or complex situations.
Skills in managing and prioritizing multiple assignments with competing deadlines.
Skills in reading and interpreting correspondence, reports, production statistics, cost analyses, contracts, accounting statements, income statements, ledgers, manuals and legal documents.
Ability to develop information, conduct meetings and present information to individuals and groups.
Ability to apply math, algebra, statistical and volumetric methods.
Ability to be self-motivated and self-directed.
Ability to influence and facilitate discussions across a wide range of teams and technologies.
Ability to mentor less experienced personnel on complex technologies.

Responsibilities

Develop, deploy, and maintain operations-critical AI systems, including agents, harnesses, tools, and evaluation pipelines, ensuring reliability, latency, cost, and accuracy.
Develop advanced numerical optimization, forecasting, computer vision, and anomaly detection capabilities when off-the-shelf AI solutions are insufficient.
Develop code templates, agent skills, and function-calling patterns for reuse by Forward Deployed Engineers and AI Analysts.
Design, tune, and evaluate purpose-built tools, function calls, and prompt templates.
Develop custom user interfaces for operations workflows based on user requirements.
Mentor Forward Deployed Engineers and AI Analysts in AI engineering practices, code quality, and system design.
Establish and maintain the technical standard for the team.
Ensure AI systems meet ONEOK IT and security standards during production transition.
Engage across the full Operations Analytics team, partnering with Forward Deployed Engineers and AI Analysts, and maintaining relationships with IT and Security.